Families and kin of the four policemen killed in the ambush in Bansalan received assistance from the Employees Compensation Commission on Wednesday, March 29 in a ceremony held at Seda Hotel in Davao City.
The surviving kin of each slain policeman got funeral benefit of P20,000 and survivorship pension.
Stella Zipagan-Banawis executive director of ECC said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) also gave each family of the policemen starter kits for their livelihood.
The four policemen were killed in an ambush perpetrated by the New Peoples’ Army in Bansalan, last March 8. The cops were in the area to investigate a reported killing. Among those killed were Police Officers I Rolly Benelayo, Joe Narvaza and Saro Mangutara belonging to the Bansalan Police Station and Jayden Mae Rabor of the Scene of the Crime Operatives.
Banawis said the ECC program benefits covers all workers of the private and public sector, she says the ECC program is not a well-known program unlike other popular insurance programs of the government.
The ECC are going all over the regions to disseminate the information about the ECC. An ECC seminar is scheduled in Mati City, Davao Oriental on March 30.
Meanwhile Police Regional Office-XI (PRO-XI) regional director Police Chief Superintendent Manuel Gaerlan said the Philippine National Police has extended the necessary assistance to the kin of the policemen. The National Police Commission has also given scholarship to the children plus the Office of the President has also extended assistance to the fallen police officers. (PIA-11/RG Alama)
